Page 118 - Vol. 1 Walks In The Black Range - 2nd Edition

The Garfield/Butler mine group is southwest of Empire Peak in the Animas Hills northeast of Hillsboro. There were three claims in this valley. The lowest shaft is probably the Silas claim, the shaft now has water in it at about 60' of depth. The next major shaft on the south side of the valley is probably the Butler, and the highest claim in the valley is the Garfield. The dike of latite porphyry which the claims cover is still clearly visible as it runs up the side of the mountain (see photo top of the next page).
The claim map shown on the next page is from "The Geology and Ore Deposits of Sierra County, New Mexico" by George Townsend Harley, p. 143.
Gold, silver, and copper were the main sources of income from these mines. Pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite, chalcocite, malachite, azurite, and sulfates of copper and zinc were all present.
Jose Arelet mined ore from the surface of the dike from 1878 to 1879, making a profit of $10,000. "From 1897 to 1900, Robin and Macy drove the tunnel on the vein and stoped out ground about it...(stopes of 150')...still later, A. L. Bird of Hillsboro extended this winze to a depth of 60 feet below the tunnel level. At 40 feet he encountered a quartz veinlet which was followed to the northeast for 108 feet, and from which ore worth $4,000 was shipped in two